FRANKLIN — A woman has been convicted of third-degree murder for shooting her live-in boyfriend while she was packing up to move out.

Tina Louise Shaffer, 39, of Plum Township was convicted Thursday after a Venango County jury deliberated less than three hours.

State police in Franklin say Shaffer's adult son called 911 to report the shooting about 6:20 p.m. March 4, minutes after the victim, Lloyd “Buddy” Shontz Jr. himself twice called 911 as the couple argued, before hanging up.

Shaffer had told police the gun went off during a struggle that Shontz either handed her the gun and said, “Shoot me if that's what you want” or was aiming the gun at himself when he asked her to pull the trigger.

Shaffer faces a maximum sentence of 20 to 40 years in prison Dec. 9.

BEAVER — Three Pennsylvania Department of Transportation workers were hurt after their line-painting truck rolled off the side of a rural Western Pennsylvania road.The driver told Brighton Township police the edge of the road gave way as the truck was painting line about 1:15 p.m. Thursday.Investigators were trying to determine if the road failed or the truck simply got too close to the edge and toppled over an embankment.A worker operating the paint apparatus in the rear of the truck was covered in paint and injured so badly he was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital. The two others were treated and released.